NOTICES
GPU PARTITIONS
The gputest partition is back in service. Job limits are now 64 cores, 8 GPU's, and 750G of RAM. Users can run up to 2 jobs.
GLOBUS PERSONAL CLIENT - 3.1 Client Deprecated
If you are using the Globus Connect Personal client on your machine, please ensure you have updated and are running version 3.2 or greater. Version 3.1 and below are deprecated and will not work as of December 17th, 2022. https://docs.globus.org/ca-update-2022/#globusconnect_personal
HOLIDAY NOTICE
January 16th is a university holiday (MLK Day)
GENERAL MAINTENANCE
* Slurm upgrade
Audience: Cluster users
Impact: Jobs will be paused during upgrade
* OnDemand Version upgrade to 2.0.29
Audience: VDI/OpenOnDemand users
Impact: VDI will be unavailable during this and the above Slurm upgrade
* Domain controller updates
Audience: All cluster
Impact: Could briefly impact some older systems, otherwise no impact expected
* Login node and VDI node reboots and firmware updates
Audience: Anyone logged into a a login node or VDI/OOD node
Impact: Login and VDI/OOD nodes will be unavailable while updating and rebooting
* Scratch cleanup ( https://docs.rc.fas.harvard.edu/kb/policy-scratch/ )
Audience: Cluster users
Impact: Files older than 90 days will be removed.
Reminder: Scratch 90-day file retention purging runs occur regularly not just during maintenance periods.
Thanks!
FAS Research Computing
Department and Service Catalog: https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/
Documentation: https://docs.rc.fas.harvard.edu/
Status Page: https://status.rc.fas.harvard.edu/
